tHERsDay

Her name conjured up images

of friends and long walks

of wholes, not pieces

of smiling photos in polka dotted frames

and music played too loud

long talks about nothing and everything

childhood hugs followed by

cheerleading camp and bouts of angst

of promises kept and broken

So that is what I named her

because it sounded like a bell

ringing in the darkness

I still hear it faintly

slicing through

her silence